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Baa! WHAM Crew
Saves Lone Sheep
From Death Pool
News of the week at WHAM
li topped by a near drownlug
at the Victor transmitter.
Al Railing, chief operator,
heard calls of distress atop th*
radio hill last Thursday, but
found no cause for excitement.
An hour later an excited farmer
burst info the broadcasting building with exclamations of distress.
"One of my sheep is drowning
in your swimming pool!" he
cried, and, rushing outside, Balling found the animal standing on
tiptoe to keep his nose above the
water level in the pool used to
cool the radio-heated water.
With the assistance of a few
small boys the farmer and Balling rescued the animal, which,
upon reaching dry land, stood
stock still for an hour, completely water logged,
Then, as th". wool coat gave
up its load, the sheep rejoined its
comrades in mowing the grass on
the WHAM landscape.
A runaway concrete mixer
Rtopped Lowell MacMillan's climb
toward All-American laurels and
eventually made him sports commentator at WHAM.
Temporarily disabled by the
mixer, the sports speller forgot
the pigskin and concentrated om
graduating from th? University
of Rochester with the class of
'29.
After two and one-half years
with the Buffalo Broadcasting
Corporation, "Jumbo" (he stands
6 feet three inches) was drafted
by WHAM to handle the 6 p. m.
Sportcast six nights a week.
That was in July, 1932. The program is still on and "Jumbo"
still handles it.
Too, MacMillan went the honor
of broadcasting over WHAM, the
first intercollegiate box lacrosse
game ever staged. Participants
were Cornell and Syracuse.
Lowell MacMillan's hobbies are
goiC and baseball games. At the
latter he never cheers—has to
pave the bass baritone voice for
the air. Cheers plenty however
about his golf game.
Arrangements' have been completed at WHAM to broadcast
Wiley Post's address when the intrepid 'round the world Flier
speaks before Rotary and other
Rochester civic clubs on August
Among Rochester ■ visitors at
the Century of Progress last
week were Lowell (sport-a-.ter)
MacMillan and Mrs. MacMillan,
and Nelson Smith of the S.isa-
more Hotel control room Smiths.
George M. Cohan, grand old
man o.-the stage, goes radio tonight with a program over
WHAM and NBC at 8 o'clock.
Cohan, last seen locally on th*
Lyceum stage in "Pidgeons and
People," will give Cohan songs,
hits from Cohan dramas .and
reminiscence? of his more than
forty years of theatrical life.
Success of the radio venture
apparently rests with Cohan,
himself, for advance notices ad-
visb that tbe appeal in< ■ --■■■■ '"■■
prepared, directed and delivered
bv the actor bimeslf.
"Yo" Seller, christened Ethel-
bert, came to the WHAM transmitter from Rensselaer Institute,
where he graduated as a civil
engineer. At the WHAM Victdr
station, where radio programs
leave telephone lines to go up
the skysciaping lowers, the operators make their semi-isolation
more agreeable by publishing
their own news bulletins. Typical items read:
Lowell MacMillan of
WHEC Erstwhile
Cantor in Buffalo
By M. H. Revlfs
It may sound strange to hear of
a cantor hearing the surname M.
Millan, but that, none the less, v.
the temporary calling of Lowell
MacMillan, now staff announcer at
Station WHEC. For a period of
three years MacMillan sang a:
Temple Beth Zion in Buffalo, New
York, the largest reform Jewish
Temple there. To be precise
was there from September 1929 to
January 1932. The vacancy created
by Sidney Carlson's resignation of
the choir leadership in 1929 was
without difficulty filled by Lowell
MacMillan.
"Mac" aas he is called by all of
his friends is a tall, well-built fellow of Anglican extraction, has a
strong, bold face and may be considered good-looking.
What knowledge of the Hebrew
tongue aid MacJW nan possess which
enabled him to secure the position
of choir-leader? for he was a gentile, with a job as program director
for the Buffalo Broadcasting Corp.
MacMillan himself gave us the fac s
in connection with his association
with Buffalo's Temple Beth Zion.
"Mac" as he is called by all of
bred and was a chum of many Jewish lads while attending grammar
and West High School. Some of
his friends attended Hebrew School
and for MacMillan a knowledge of
that ancient tongue was a remark
able acquisition. He, too, wanted
to understand and read Hebrew.
For Mac to matriculate at a
Hebrew School was out of the question. But he did own a bicycle. By
clever manipulating he made a bargain with his pals. A bicycle ride
of our own Jewish lads would have
made such a sacrifice? It was more
than any father could do to keep
his children attending cheder regularly.
Lowell was an apt pupil and
picked up quite a bit of the Hebrew-
tongue in .his fashion. While at
West H.'gh School he decided to
attend classes in voice culture to
develop his rich baritone voice, finally entering the Eastman School
of Music in 1926.
While at school lie became an
outstanding s udent and a good
athlete. In 1926 and 1927 .he husky
Irishman was on the I", of K. foot-
hall and soccer teams. Another extra-curricular activity was his affiliation with he Eastman Chorus
Imedidtely upon graduating, he
.-as offered a position by Station
WGR of Buffalo m the capacity
of program director and assistant
co Roger Baker, who was then in
charge of spor s.
It was at this time that "Mac"
realized the value of his "Hebrew
Education.' A choir member of
Temple Beth Zion became ill, and
friend of his proposed his name
d recommended him to Edna
Lewis, director of the Temple choir.
He was given the job and was
steadily employed a. the Temple
id sa::g in the choir on Friday:
ening-. Saturdays and Sundays, |
and was soloist in a church el
besides his Temple position. What
In 1931 Lowell signed to do a
ries cf sports casts for the Kendall Refining Company. The first
broadeaast was so successful that
he company decided to make these
broadcasts a daily feature over
Station WHAM in Rochester. While
at this local station, Lowell MacMillan was frequently heard at
Temple B'rith Kodesh. This association with the Temple was not a
permanent thing, however, and he
soon became aaffiliated with a
church as soloist of the choir.
In February of this year, w-hen
Gunnar O. Wiig was promoted to
the position of treasurer of WHEC,
ell became a member of that
station's staff, as sports reporter
«U
and baseball announcer. Already a
veteran choir singer, MacMillan
last month became connected with
the oldest and wealthiest church in
.Roches er as soloist.
On June 2nd we were given the
opportunity of hearing Lowell MacMillan' give voice in song at a get-
together of all clubs meeting
the J. Y. M. and W. A. Lowell I
_Jso related some of his interesting
experiences while at the Red Wii
!pr_ng Training Quarters and |
stories about his pals of the "(
.louse Gang."
SUMMER DIDOES of radiomen are illustrated in these photos. At left
is Lowell MacMillan, WREC, Rochester, being drawn by a breeches
buoy from a Coast Guard cutter to shore and describing the sensation
on the air, including a frank description of a case of wet pants as the
rope sagged and pockets acted as sL-uppers. In center is John Fritsch.
announcer of WBAL, Baltimore, with part of catch of 120 hardhead,
kingfish and flounders taken off Ocean City, Md. At right Joe Creamer,
promotion manager of WOR, Newark, is contemplating Taffy, prize
cocker spaniel owned by Bob Catherwood of the WOK sales staff, during
a vacation at the Catherwood summer place in Jersey.
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Baa! WHAM Crew
Saves Lone Sheep
From Death Pool
News of the week at WHAM
li topped by a near drownlug
at the Victor transmitter.
Al Railing, chief operator,
heard calls of distress atop th*
radio hill last Thursday, but
found no cause for excitement.
An hour later an excited farmer
burst info the broadcasting building with exclamations of distress.
"One of my sheep is drowning
in your swimming pool!" he
cried, and, rushing outside, Balling found the animal standing on
tiptoe to keep his nose above the
water level in the pool used to
cool the radio-heated water.
With the assistance of a few
small boys the farmer and Balling rescued the animal, which,
upon reaching dry land, stood
stock still for an hour, completely water logged,
Then, as th". wool coat gave
up its load, the sheep rejoined its
comrades in mowing the grass on
the WHAM landscape.
A runaway concrete mixer
Rtopped Lowell MacMillan's climb
toward All-American laurels and
eventually made him sports commentator at WHAM.
Temporarily disabled by the
mixer, the sports speller forgot
the pigskin and concentrated om
graduating from th? University
of Rochester with the class of
'29.
After two and one-half years
with the Buffalo Broadcasting
Corporation, "Jumbo" (he stands
6 feet three inches) was drafted
by WHAM to handle the 6 p. m.
Sportcast six nights a week.
That was in July, 1932. The program is still on and "Jumbo"
still handles it.
Too, MacMillan went the honor
of broadcasting over WHAM, the
first intercollegiate box lacrosse
game ever staged. Participants
were Cornell and Syracuse.
Lowell MacMillan's hobbies are
goiC and baseball games. At the
latter he never cheers—has to
pave the bass baritone voice for
the air. Cheers plenty however
about his golf game.
Arrangements' have been completed at WHAM to broadcast
Wiley Post's address when the intrepid 'round the world Flier
speaks before Rotary and other
Rochester civic clubs on August
Among Rochester ■ visitors at
the Century of Progress last
week were Lowell (sport-a-.ter)
MacMillan and Mrs. MacMillan,
and Nelson Smith of the S.isa-
more Hotel control room Smiths.
George M. Cohan, grand old
man o.-the stage, goes radio tonight with a program over
WHAM and NBC at 8 o'clock.
Cohan, last seen locally on th*
Lyceum stage in "Pidgeons and
People," will give Cohan songs,
hits from Cohan dramas .and
reminiscence? of his more than
forty years of theatrical life.
Success of the radio venture
apparently rests with Cohan,
himself, for advance notices ad-
visb that tbe appeal in< ■ --■■■■ '"■■
prepared, directed and delivered
bv the actor bimeslf.
"Yo" Seller, christened Ethel-
bert, came to the WHAM transmitter from Rensselaer Institute,
where he graduated as a civil
engineer. At the WHAM Victdr
station, where radio programs
leave telephone lines to go up
the skysciaping lowers, the operators make their semi-isolation
more agreeable by publishing
their own news bulletins. Typical items read:
Lowell MacMillan of
WHEC Erstwhile
Cantor in Buffalo
By M. H. Revlfs
It may sound strange to hear of
a cantor hearing the surname M.
Millan, but that, none the less, v.
the temporary calling of Lowell
MacMillan, now staff announcer at
Station WHEC. For a period of
three years MacMillan sang a:
Temple Beth Zion in Buffalo, New
York, the largest reform Jewish
Temple there. To be precise
was there from September 1929 to
January 1932. The vacancy created
by Sidney Carlson's resignation of
the choir leadership in 1929 was
without difficulty filled by Lowell
MacMillan.
"Mac" aas he is called by all of
his friends is a tall, well-built fellow of Anglican extraction, has a
strong, bold face and may be considered good-looking.
What knowledge of the Hebrew
tongue aid MacJW nan possess which
enabled him to secure the position
of choir-leader? for he was a gentile, with a job as program director
for the Buffalo Broadcasting Corp.
MacMillan himself gave us the fac s
in connection with his association
with Buffalo's Temple Beth Zion.
"Mac" as he is called by all of
bred and was a chum of many Jewish lads while attending grammar
and West High School. Some of
his friends attended Hebrew School
and for MacMillan a knowledge of
that ancient tongue was a remark
able acquisition. He, too, wanted
to understand and read Hebrew.
For Mac to matriculate at a
Hebrew School was out of the question. But he did own a bicycle. By
clever manipulating he made a bargain with his pals. A bicycle ride
of our own Jewish lads would have
made such a sacrifice? It was more
than any father could do to keep
his children attending cheder regularly.
Lowell was an apt pupil and
picked up quite a bit of the Hebrew-
tongue in .his fashion. While at
West H.'gh School he decided to
attend classes in voice culture to
develop his rich baritone voice, finally entering the Eastman School
of Music in 1926.
While at school lie became an
outstanding s udent and a good
athlete. In 1926 and 1927 .he husky
Irishman was on the I", of K. foot-
hall and soccer teams. Another extra-curricular activity was his affiliation with he Eastman Chorus
Imedidtely upon graduating, he
.-as offered a position by Station
WGR of Buffalo m the capacity
of program director and assistant
co Roger Baker, who was then in
charge of spor s.
It was at this time that "Mac"
realized the value of his "Hebrew
Education.' A choir member of
Temple Beth Zion became ill, and
friend of his proposed his name
d recommended him to Edna
Lewis, director of the Temple choir.
He was given the job and was
steadily employed a. the Temple
id sa::g in the choir on Friday:
ening-. Saturdays and Sundays, |
and was soloist in a church el
besides his Temple position. What
In 1931 Lowell signed to do a
ries cf sports casts for the Kendall Refining Company. The first
broadeaast was so successful that
he company decided to make these
broadcasts a daily feature over
Station WHAM in Rochester. While
at this local station, Lowell MacMillan was frequently heard at
Temple B'rith Kodesh. This association with the Temple was not a
permanent thing, however, and he
soon became aaffiliated with a
church as soloist of the choir.
In February of this year, w-hen
Gunnar O. Wiig was promoted to
the position of treasurer of WHEC,
ell became a member of that
station's staff, as sports reporter
«U
and baseball announcer. Already a
veteran choir singer, MacMillan
last month became connected with
the oldest and wealthiest church in
.Roches er as soloist.
On June 2nd we were given the
opportunity of hearing Lowell MacMillan' give voice in song at a get-
together of all clubs meeting
the J. Y. M. and W. A. Lowell I
_Jso related some of his interesting
experiences while at the Red Wii
!pr_ng Training Quarters and |
stories about his pals of the "(
.louse Gang."
SUMMER DIDOES of radiomen are illustrated in these photos. At left
is Lowell MacMillan, WREC, Rochester, being drawn by a breeches
buoy from a Coast Guard cutter to shore and describing the sensation
on the air, including a frank description of a case of wet pants as the
rope sagged and pockets acted as sL-uppers. In center is John Fritsch.
announcer of WBAL, Baltimore, with part of catch of 120 hardhead,
kingfish and flounders taken off Ocean City, Md. At right Joe Creamer,
promotion manager of WOR, Newark, is contemplating Taffy, prize
cocker spaniel owned by Bob Catherwood of the WOK sales staff, during
a vacation at the Catherwood summer place in Jersey.
.rl